A nonprofit group assisting people victimized by crime held an unprecedented series of workshops nationwide this summer on what parents should and shouldn’t do if their children fall prey to criminals. The National Network of Victim Support embarked on the initiative after seeing numerous ...

The Diet is expected to pass a controversial bill this week to revise the Criminal Procedure Law to enable people victimized by crime to participate in trial proceedings. Despite concern by the legal world that courtrooms could become venues for revenge, the bill is ...